Pigeon Forge, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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- IH Marketing Manager in TrainingDiamondresorts
- Procurement Manager - [EXE] - Dollywood Theme Park - ExemptThe Dollywood Company
- Camp Facilities ManagerUnder Canvas
- Sales Representative - No Experience RequiredAlpha Agency
Employers hiring most in Pigeon Forge
- Alpha Agency1 open role
- Diamondresorts1 open role
- The Dollywood Company1 open role
- Under Canvas1 open role
Pigeon Forge layoffs
No layoff notices naming Pigeon Forge in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Sevier County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: arts & recreation (+1,565 jobs), construction (+486 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: real estate (−640 jobs)
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- Street Paving and Road Milling Projects Underway in Oak RidgeKnoxville Daily Sun · Oct 14, 2026
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Sevier County economy
2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
53,304
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
98,802
people in Sevier County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,829
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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